Sittingbourne railway station

Railway station in Kent, England

Sittingbourne

Eastbound view of the station from platform 1

General information
Location| Sittingbourne, Swale
England
Grid reference| TQ905638
Managed by| Southeastern
Platforms| 3
Other information
Station code| SIT
Classification| DfT category C2
Key dates
25 January 1858| Opened
Passengers
2019/20|  2.253 million
Interchange|  0.433 million
2020/21|  0.750 million
Interchange|  0.117 million
2021/22|  1.659 million
Interchange|  0.317 million
2022/23|  1.876 million
Interchange|  0.317 million
2023/24|  2.084 million
Interchange|  0.367 million

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sittingbourne railway station is on the Chatham Main Line and the Sheerness Line in north Kent. It is 44 miles 59 chains (72.0 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern. Ticket barriers are sometimes in operation, depending on the time of day.

Map of the Sittingbourne Railway Station in relation to other local stations and the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway. The Chatham Main Line runs along the bottom, east to west, while the Sheerness Line branches off northwards, west of Sittingbourne.

## Facilities

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Two new lifts linked by a new footbridge have created a step-free route between the station entrance and platforms to provide better access to train services. The improvements have been funded through the government’s Access for All programme and cost around £1,800,000.[1]

The work has also included a series of enhancements to station facilities funded through the National Stations Improvement Programme and include relocating and increasing the number of cycle parking spaces outside the station; renovating all passenger toilets; creating new waiting shelters on the platforms and a new waiting room on platform; repositioning the ticket gates to create more space for passengers in the ticket office; and installing a new customer information screen and non-slip flooring in the ticket office.

The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway's station, at Sittingbourne Viaduct, is a short walk away.

## Accidents and incidents

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* In January 1861, a passenger train was derailed. One passenger was killed.[2]
* On 31 August 1878, a passenger train collided with some goods wagons. Five people were killed.[2]
* On 27 July 1966, a freight train was derailed at Sittingbourne West Junction. The line was blocked for two days.[3]

## Services

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All services at Sittingbourne are operated by Southeastern using Class 375 and 395 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

* 2 tph to London St Pancras International
* 2 tph to London Victoria
* 1 tph to Faversham
* 1 tph to Dover Priory via Canterbury East
* 2 tph to Ramsgate
* 1 tph to Sheerness-on-Sea

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

|
|

Newington or Rainham |  | Southeastern

Chatham Main Line

|  | Teynham or Faversham

Rainham

| | Southeastern

High Speed 1

| |

Faversham

Kemsley

| | Southeastern

Sheerness Line

| | Terminus

## References

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1. ^ "Sittingbourne Station: Facilities and Information". Southeastern. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
2. ^ a b Kidner, R. W. (1977) [1963]. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Tarrant Hinton: The Oakwood Press. p. 89.
3. ^ Moody, G. T. (1979) [1957]. Southern Electric 1909-1979 (Fifth ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 169–70\. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.169-70&rft.edition=Fifth&rft.pub=Ian+Allan+Ltd&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=0-7110-0924-4&rft.aulast=Moody&rft.aufirst=G.+T.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sittingbourne+railway+station" class="Z3988">
4. ^ Table 194, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2023

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sittingbourne railway station.

* Train times and station information for Sittingbourne railway station from National Rail

51°20′31.23″N 0°44′5.31″E﻿ / ﻿51.3420083°N 0.7348083°E﻿ / 51.3420083; 0.7348083

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* Rochester
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Other alternative routes from London to Dartford via Sidcup and via Bexleyheath.

London Victoria to Ramsgate
via Chatham|

* Swanley
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London Victoria to Dover
via Chatham|

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* Sittingbourne
* Teynham
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London St Pancras to Paris & Brussels
High Speed 1|

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London Charing Cross to Dover
via Tonbridge|

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London Bridge to Uckfield|

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Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West|

* Ashford International
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Dover to Margate|

* Dover Priory
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Redhill–Tonbridge|

* Edenbridge
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Sittingbourne to Sheerness-on-Sea|

* Sheerness-on-Sea
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Ashford to St Leonards
Marshlink|

* Ashford International
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Strood to Paddock Wood
Medway Valley Line|

* Strood
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Heritage railways

East Kent Railway|

* Shepherdswell (EKR) (Adjacent to Shepherds Well)
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Kent & East Sussex Railway|

* Tenterden Town
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Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway|

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Spa Valley Railway|

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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station

Mainline via
Chatham|

* London Victoria
* Denmark Hill
* Bromley South
* London Cannon Street
* London Bridge
* St Mary Cray
* Swanley
* Farningham Road
* Longfield
* Meopham
* Sole Street
* Rochester
* Chatham
* Gillingham
* Rainham
* Newington
* Sittingbourne
* Teynham
* Faversham
* Selling
* Canterbury East
* Bekesbourne
* Adisham
* Aylesham
* Snowdown
* Shepherds Well
* Kearsney
* Dover Priory
* Whitstable
* Chestfield & Swalecliffe
* Herne Bay
* Birchington-on-Sea
* Westgate-on-Sea
* Margate
* Broadstairs
* Dumpton Park
* Ramsgate

Sheerness line|

* Sheerness-on-Sea
* Queenborough
* Swale
* Kemsley
* Sittingbourne

High Speed 1|

* St Pancras International
* Stratford International
* Ebbsfleet International
* Gravesend
* Strood
* Snodland
* Maidstone West
* Rochester
* Chatham
* Gillingham
* Rainham
* Sittingbourne
* Faversham
* Whitstable
* Herne Bay
* Birchington-on-Sea
* Margate
* Broadstairs
* Ramsgate
* Canterbury West
* Ashford International
* Folkestone West
* Folkestone Central
* Dover Priory
* Martin Mill
* Walmer
* Deal
* Sandwich

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